Grymt

This is just from my own thinking on the matter based on personal experiences.

I think most people have their own ideas on what triggers are and while they vary in form they are universal in effect.

Primers don't seem to be talked about much.

When I use the word I use it in the sense of priming a pump.

In order to start various pumps they have to be primed first. IOW one has to fill, prime, the mechanism with water, for example, in order to allow the water pump to function rpoperly.

Similarly sometimes for active alcoholism to be effected a period of priming can precede.

This can be rather insidious.

There are various ways to 'prime' this alcoholic.

It can be something like taking a medicine that has an alcohol component as solvent.
It can be a lasting unresolved emotional issue.

Whatever it is, while the priming can seem unimportant or minimal in isolated events, over time one is set up for an assault of a 'trigger' that if one was not pre - 'primed' one might stand a better chance to not relapse.

If I find myself drifting into 'stinking thinking' part of coping is to see whether I've been 'priming' myself in any way.